{"title":"Steven Adams and The French Drops","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"keep-it-light","title":"Keep It Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe buoyant and relaxed mood can be heard across the album in its gloriously skipping tones, as it traverses across indie, pop, alt-rock and more tender acoustic and folk-leaning moments. It’s a craft that Adams has been honing for years as the lead figure in outfits such as The Broken Family Band and Singing Adams, so much so that by now it oozes out of him with a seamless grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is one as full of joy and beauty as it is ink black humour and caustic revelation. On the gorgeous shuffle of \u003ci\u003eOh Dear\u003c\/i\u003e - recalling the kind of stripped back beauty of Yo La Tengo at their finest - Adams sings: “and true love will not find you in the end.” A knowing nod and a wink to Daniel Johnston’s earnest refrain that indeed true love will find you in the end. It’s such moments that fill the album with equal parts weight and lightness, a smart touch delivered with a deft hand. Of the broad range of the album and its wide-spanning lyrical content Adams simply says: “the upbeat stuff is pretty upbeat and the darker stuff is pretty dark, but it’s all still with some humour.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the song that best encapsulates this split between the light and the dark and the funny and the personal is\u003ci\u003e My Brother, the Racist\u003c\/i\u003e a self explanatory song that skips along with an infectious groove as Adams sings about, well, his racist brother. It unfurls in an intimate manner that recalls the kind of deeply personal allure of Sun Kill Moon’s \u003ci\u003eBenji.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Soup by Simon Trought and with band members Laurie Earle, Daniel Fordham, David Stewart and Michael Wood, this is the first time Adams has worked in such a harmonious and in sync way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fika Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417007460683,"sku":"1096304","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50417008574795,"sku":"1096305","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/23464275-9727-4fd3-91ce-91eaaf692643_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726714059"},{"product_id":"virtue-signals","title":"Virtue Signals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e's (ex Broken Family Band) first with his new group, \u003cem\u003eThe French Drops\u003c\/em\u003e, is an album that rails against the iniquities of the world and meshes the personal with the political, without ever smacking the listener around the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdams\u003c\/strong\u003e (former songwriter\/singer\/guitarist with The Broken Family Band and Singing Adams) can't help but be witty and empathetic even as he rages, and the fury is wrapped inside his characteristically sweet melodies. The album's tone is set from the opening track, \"\u003cem\u003eBad Apples\u003c\/em\u003e,\" a song addressing flag-waving, aggressive patriots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lyrics are alternately playful and oblique, in the spirit of songwriters like John Lennon or Britt Daniel from Spoon. Where \u003cstrong\u003eAdams\u003c\/strong\u003e aims to remove ambiguity and play with metaphor, as with \"\u003cem\u003eEx Future\u003c\/em\u003e,\" the opacity of his writing means he doesn't descend into cliché, and the meaning often becomes clearer with each listen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hudson Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50464342671691,"sku":"1034649","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50464343032139,"sku":"1034650","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b0e320b3-2414-4632-898f-a0362819134f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727273099"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/steven-adams-and-the-french-drops.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}